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Twenty States Call on Supreme Court to Stay EPA Mercury Rule
Rallied by the Supreme Court's unprecedented stay of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan, a coalition of 20 states has asked the high court to stay another disputed agency rule: the Mercury and Air Standards (MATS). The states… Read More

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What Unites OPEC, U.S. Shale, and Power Generation
The OPEC secretary general and Saudi Arabia's minister of petroleum shared their views on low oil prices, shale, and climate change at IHS CERAWeek.&hellips; Read More

EPA Chief: Clean Power Plan to Win on Merits
Despite the unprecedented stay by the Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Clean Power Plan will withstand legal challenges "based on its merits," predicted the agency's head, Gina McCarthy, at the IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston. McCarthy discussed the… Read More

DOE Secretary Moniz on WIPP and Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz reaffirmed that the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, N.M., is on track for reopening later this year, but he did not offer any encouragement to those in the southwest corner of the state who support using the site for permanent disposal of the country’s spent nuclear fuel.&hellips; Read More

GE’s Immelt: It's a World of “Slow Growth and Volatility”
We live in a world of “slow growth and volatility,” said Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric, but there’s an opportunity to “make a lot of money” if you have courage in such times.&hellips; Read More

One Dead, Three Missing After Power Plant Collapse
Shortly after 4 p.m. on February 23, part of the boiler house at the Didcot A Power Station in Oxfordshire, UK, unexpectedly collapsed, killing one person. Three others are missing and feared dead. The plant—located about 55 miles west of… Read More

85% of Major Equipment Delivered to V.C. Summer Nuclear Power Plant Construction Site
According to Steve Byrne, COO of South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. (SCE&G), 85% of the major equipment necessary to build V.C. Summer Units 2 and 3 is onsite, and of the remaining components, a lot of them are physically… Read More

U.S. Power Sector Carbon Emissions See Fractional Increase
Power generators consumed 34% of total U.S. energy uses from fossil fuels and accounted for 39% of the nation’s carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion in 2014—a fraction of a percent more than in 2013—the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Read More

Nieto: Mexico's Energy Transition Will Persevere Despite Dismal Oil Prices
Mexico's ongoing energy reform is a "paradigm shift" in the way the country obtains, transforms, and exploits its energy resources, President Enrique Peña Nieto told attendees at IHS CERAWeek on February 22. The reform allows the state to maintain ownership… Read More

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Check out these stories from POWER's February 2016 issue and its sister publications:

Bagasse and Blended Biomass Cogeneration Advances in the Cuban Sugarcane Industry

CHP and Other Technologies Could Breathe New Life into U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants

CHP Update: Policies, Partnerships, and Challenges

Innovative Heat Exchanger Technology Enhances Proven Designs

Navigating Legal Implications of Power Industry Regulations

Nuclear Relicensing: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

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